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  • Waste Watcher Trashcan

    Concept In a future, Earth has become a waste land, devastated by unchecked waste and human irresponsibility, waste management has become humanity’s last line of defense against complete ecological collapse. This project explores a speculative design concept where individuals are held accountable for the waste they generate through hyper-surveillance and strict daily limits. Process The…

  • Performative Media: Community Orchestra

    PART ONE: THE IDEA 1.1: The Problem With each year the world gets increasingly digital, and the impact of that is felt in all aspects of life: our habits and behaviors change as we adapt to a landscape marked by constant technological advancements. This is true even with our creative habits, as the advent of…

  • Performance Assignment

    The Idea: The concept of this assignment took a bit of a journey, but as I said when presenting the final piece, there’s one through line: an animal gets harmed The original idea I had was quite inspired by one of the examples from the previous years, namely the piece with a string that pulled…

  • Tantrum Treats

    The Concept I’m imagining a future where women run the world, much like Gerwig’s 2023 hit film Barbie and Wonder Woman’s Themyscira, an island solely inhabited by powerful Amazonian women. And so in imagining this magnificent future where women hold all the power, I pondered what could could possibly need resolving? The answer—an outlet for…

  • Performative Media – PUMP IT!!!

    PUMP IT!!! is a performative media project that I have made for the last and the biggest physical computing assignment. Ideas In the fall break, my girlfriend and I went to the Georgia Aquarium since we were both obsessed with watching sea creatures (especially belugas and dolphins). We were told that the water level of…

  • Future Interface for Autonomous Driving

    The topic of my final project focuses on envisioning future interfaces for cars equipped with autonomous driving modes. I am particularly interested in exploring how the Car-AI will communicate real-time information, provide updates, and handle sudden emergency situations to effectively keep drivers informed. To be more specific, cars equipped with embedded AI can detect on-road…

  • Performative Media: Crazy Cat Lady

    By Natalie Jarrett Concept The cost of living is increasing! Birth rates are declining! Soon, the world will be overrun by crazy cat ladies! However there is no need to fear, because in the near future we will have the digital companion known as Virtual Cat! Background: Sarcasm aside, Virtual Cat was devised as an…

  • Nutrio+

    Concept In the year 2150, humanity, specifically, the US, is on its last leg. The climate crisis has only worsened through collective inaction fueled by the succession of incumbent governments in collusion with big oil, agriculture, and tech. The east and west coasts are now underwater, and the exodus—both from abroad and domestically—to the midwest…

  • Cyber Mirror

    In a future world, everything is turning into ones and zeros, stored digitally and out of sight. Social media is taking over, making human interaction feel less real. Imagine a world where people live alone in their own apartment buildings and never meet face-to-face. This project, designed for public spaces, brings back the lost feeling…